Sundance Institute today named the three finalist cities moving forward into the concluding review process to determine a long-term host for the Sundance Film Festival beginning in 2027.
Film Festivals
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Sundance Film Festival Names 3 Finalists for Future Home Beginning in 2027
Sundance Film Festival. | photo by Robin Marshall / Shutterstock for Sundance Film Festival.
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Alicia Vikander to Receive Golden Eye Award + Premiere ‘The Assessment’ at Zurich Film Festival
Alicia Vikander (Julian Ungano) Academy Award winner Alicia Vikander will be honored at Zurich Film Festival with a Golden Eye Award “for her extraordinary and remarkable versatility”; and attend the Swiss premiere of her new film The Assessment by director Fleur Fortuné.
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‘Diane Warren: Relentless’ to Screen with Nashville Film Festival 2024 Community Project Film
Diane Warren: Relentless Jenna Rosher Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) announced its official “Living Reel” Project’s 2024 film, a short music video and documentary in collaboration with Youth Villages and Moraine Music Group.
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Jude Law’s ‘The Order’ to Open Zurich Film Festival
Jude Law in The Order © Michelle Faye The 20th Zurich Film Festival will open with director Justin Kurzel’s political thriller The Order starring and produced by Jude Law, with his company Riff Raff. On the opening night on October 3, the festival will also award Law a prestigious Golden Eye Award for his remarkable performance and career.
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Nashville Film Festival Adds New Films to Lineup, Sets Jason Reitman’s ‘Saturday Night’ as Centerpiece
Saturday Night (Hopper Stone/Sony Pictures Entertainment) The 55th Nashville Film Festival has added new films to the lineup, with “Saturday Night,” directed by Jason Reitman as the 2024 Centerpiece Presentation.
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‘Patrice: The Movie’ Charming TIFF Documentary on Disabled Couple Gets a Hulu Premiere Date
Patrice: The Movie by Ted Passon (courtesy BFI) Following its world premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, ‘Patrice: The Movie,’ a documentary on disabled couple Patrice and Garry makes its streaming debut on Hulu.
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‘Carnival is Over’ First Look Trailer – Leandra Leal and Irandhir Santos Survive the Mafia in Fernando Coimbra’s Crime Film
Carnival Is Over First announced at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival under the title ‘The Hanged,’ the crime/thriller film by Fernando Coimbra is finally making its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. under the new title, ‘Carnival Is Over.’ The film stars Leandra Leal and Irandhir Santos as a couple trying to break free of their family’s link to the mafia.
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‘Superboys of Malegaon’ – Filmmaker Follows his Dream in Inspiring Drama by Reema Kagti | Trailer
Superboys of Malegaon. (Amazon MGM Studios) Based on the incredible true story of amateur filmmaker and self-made auteur Nasir Sahikh (Yeh Hai Malegaon Ka Superman) ‘Superboys of Malegaon’ follows of an endearing group of friends who pursue their extraordinary dreams.. Directed by Reema Kagti (Talaash: The Answer Lies Within), the comedy drama film is an uplifting story on friendship and the love of cinema.
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Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘The Room Next Door’ Wins Golden Lion at 81st Venice Fest, Nicole Kidman Wins Best Actress
Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore in The Room Next Door by Pedro Almodóvar © EL DESEO DA S.L.U. – Foto: Iglesias Más Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore won the top prize, the Golden Lion for for Best Film at 81st Venice International Film Festival.
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15th San Francisco Dance Film Festival Sets Lineup – ‘Closer Than Yesterday,’ ‘Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby’
Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby (courtesy SFDFF) The 15th San Francisco Dance Film Festival (SFDFF) runs October 16 – October 20, 2024 featuring International and locally produced dance films in various San Francisco theaters and streamed online on Marquee TV from October 21 to November 4.
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‘Veteran 2: I, The Executioner’ – Hwang Jung-min Returns in Sequel to Ryoo Seung-wan’s Korean Action Thriller Film | Trailer
Veteran 2: I, The Executioner by Ryoo Seung-wan (CJ ENM Co. Ltd.) Following the success of one of Korea’s most successful action blockbusters of all time, ‘Veteran’, director Ryoo Seung-wan returns with ‘Veteran 2: I, The Executioner,’ the sequel to the 2015 hit action film. The film marks the return of Hwang Jung-min as the veteran detective as he tackles a dangerous serial killer case with a rookie detective played by Jung Hae-in.
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‘Pimpinero: Blood and Oil’ – Romance Sparks in the Brutal World of Colombian Gasoline Smugglers in Andrés Baiz’s Film | Trailer
Pimpinero: Blood and Oil. (Courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios) Exploring the world of ‘pimpineros’, Colombian illegal gasoline smugglers, ‘Pimpinero: Blood and Oil,’ the action/drama film from acclaimed director Andrés Baiz (Griselda, Narcos, The Hidden Face,) brings a story full of action, drama and romance.